Minute Meditations

Skylark perching in a flowering rapeseed field.

The Larks of Assisi

Francis had a special affection for larks; he considered their brown feathers a sign of their closeness to God, of their humility.

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Carlo Acutis: You Belong to the Ages

I have always categorized you, Carlo Acutis, as “the millennial saint,” but that is limiting. You are timeless.
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In Communion with the Father

Have you ever been surrounded by a whirlwind of activity, perhaps in the midst of family and friends, and felt a sudden whoosh of deep contentment?
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The Holiness of a Honeybee

Jesus said that nobody can enter the kingdom of God unless they become like a little child (Mt 18:3).
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St. Josephine Bakhita, Prophet

That total abandonment to God would be Josephine’s legacy—and it is one we can work toward as 21st-century Catholics.
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Longing for God

It is our Christian belief that when Christ, the Incarnate Word, came to dwell among us, we entered a whole new era of God’s saving presence in our world.
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Mary Finds Us

It is our mother who will never forget. It is our mother who will always find her child.
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